Empty categories in sentence processing /

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Author / Creator:Featherston, Sam.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2001.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today ; v. 43
Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 43.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11145082
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ISBN:9789027298249
9027298246
9781588110695
1588110699
9789027227645
9027227640
1588110699
9027227640
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
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Summary:This book reports a research program into one of the most controversial questions in the syntax -- processing interface: The behavior of the parser at gap positions. While the work done is largely experimental, the results are analyzed both for their relevance to sentence processing and for their implications for competing syntactic frameworks. In particular the differing predictions of PPT and HPSG for structures with dislocated constituents are tested for their empirical adequacy. The author addresses a broad range of questions about gap processing and uses a broad range of methodologies to c.
Other form:Print version: Featherston, Sam. Empty categories in sentence processing. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2001